Chapter commentary
2 Chronicles Chapter 15
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2 Chronicles 15:1
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Oded is by some identified with Iddo, the prophet and historian of the two preceding reigns. In the Hebrew the two names differ very slightly.
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2 Chronicles 15:3
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這裏的「以色列」是對神全體子民的通稱；所指尤其是士師時代多次的背道，以及隨之而來的悔改與蒙拯救。
English original
"Israel" here is used generally for the whole people of God; and the reference is especially to the many apostasies in the days of the Judges, which were followed by repentance and deliverance.
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2 Chronicles 15:6
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這暗指的大概是士師記9:45和士師記20:33-48所記的毀滅之事。
English original
The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in Judges 9:45; Judges 20:33-48.
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2 Chronicles 15:8
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有些譯本作「俄德的兒子亞撒利雅的預言」，這也許是正確的讀法。
English original
Some versions have "the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded," which is perhaps the true reading.
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2 Chronicles 15:9
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寄居的外人……——即「以法蓮和瑪拿西支派的以色列人」。兩國分離之後，他們的以色列弟兄對猶大而言成了「外人」或「外族人」。
English original
Strangers ... - i. e. "Israelites of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh." The separation of the two kingdoms had made their Israelite brethren "strangers," or "foreigners," to Judah.
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2 Chronicles 15:10
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三月——即西彎月（以斯帖記8:9），相當於今日的六月。
English original
In the third month - i. e. the month Sivan Esther 8:9, corresponding with our June.
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2 Chronicles 15:11
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猶太人宗教制度中「七」這數字的普遍出現，常為人注意。七隻公牛和七隻公綿羊是常見的祭物（民數記29:32；歷代志上15:26；歷代志下29:21；約伯記42:8；以西結書14:23）。然而在較大的祭祀中，「七」這數字很少居於顯著地位（比較歷代志下30:24；歷代志下35:7-9；列王紀上8:63）。
English original
The prevalence of the number "seven" in the religious system of the Jews has been noticed often. Seven bullocks and seven rams were a common offering Numbers 29:32; 1 Chronicles 15:26; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Job 42:8; Ezekiel 14:23. At the larger sacrifices, however, it is seldom that we find the number seven at all prominent (compare 2 Chronicles 30:24; 2 Chronicles 35:7-9; 1 Kings 8:63).
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2 Chronicles 15:12
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神在曠野與他們的列祖所立原初之約（出埃及記24:3-8）的莊嚴更新，在猶太人的歷史中時而出現，且都發生在背道時期之後。亞撒在位時的這次更新是記載上的第一次。下一次出現在三百年後約西亞在位的時候。第三次發生在尼希米的時代（見邊注）。在這樣的場合，百姓以莊嚴的誓言約束自己遵守律法的一切吩咐，倘若離棄律法，便求神的咒詛臨到自己。
English original
Solemn renewals of the original covenant which God made with their fathers in the wilderness Exodus 24:3-8 occur from time to time in the history of the Jews, following upon intervals of apostasy. This renewal in the reign of Asa is the first on record. The next falls 300 years later in the reign of Josiah. There is a third in the time of Nehemiah (see the marginal references). On such occasions, the people bound themselves by a solem oath to observe all the directions of the Law, and called down God's curse upon them if they forsook it.
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2 Chronicles 15:17
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將這節經文與邊注比較，可以看出：在歷代志下14:3和歷代志下14:5，作者想到的是君王的意圖與努力，而這裏所說的是百姓的實際行徑。最敬虔的君王無論多麼懇切地設法根除邱壇的敬拜，都未能完全成功。約沙法歷史中一個類似、也可作同樣解釋的差異，見歷代志下17:6；歷代志下20:33。
亞撒的心一生誠實——這不是說亞撒沒有罪（見歷代志下16:2-10、歷代志下16:12）；而是說他脫離了拜偶像的罪，一生忠於耶和華。
English original
Comparing this verse with marginal references, it would seem that in 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 14:5 the intention and endeavors of the monarch are in the writer's mind, while here he is speaking of the practice of the people. However earnestly the most pious monarchs sought to root out the high-place worship, they failed of complete success. Compare a similar discrepancy, to be similarly explained, in the history of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Chronicles 20:33.
The heart of Asa was perfect all his days - Not that Asa was sinless (see 2 Chronicles 16:2-10, 2 Chronicles 16:12); but that he was free from the sin of idolatry, and continued faithful to Yahweh all his life.
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2 Chronicles 15:19
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亞撒作王三十五年——這與列王紀的年代表（列王紀上16:8）無法調和。而且邊注的提議意味着必須採用一種無論作者自己還是任何其他聖經作者都未曾用過的紀年方式。一般推測，這裏和歷代志下16:1的數字已經損毀，兩節中的「三十」都應改為「二十」。這樣看來，巴沙的攻擊就發生在亞撒作王的最後一年；而亞撒戰勝謝拉之後，則有十年的太平。
English original
The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa - This cannot be reconciled with the chronqlogy of Kings 1 Kings 16:8 : and the suggestion in the marg. implies the adoption of a mode of marking time unknown either to himself or any other Scriptural writer. It is supposed that the figures here and in 2 Chronicles 16:1 are corrupt, and that in both verses "twentieth" should replace "thirtieth." The attack of Baasha would then have been made in the last year of Asa's reign; and ten years of peace would have followed Asa's victory over Zerah.
有人把俄德與前兩個王朝的先知兼史家易多視為同一人。在希伯來文中，這兩個名字只有些微的差異。